transfigure

tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.

1. To alter the outward appearance of; transform. See synonyms at convert.
2. To exalt or glorify.

[Middle English transfiguren, from Old French transfigurer, from Latin trānsfigūrāre : trāns-, trans- + figūra, form.]

transfigurement trans·fig'ure·ment n.

verb

To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, metamorphose, mutate, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate. See change/persist.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  Synonyms: glorify, spiritualize

Meaning #2: change completely the nature or appearance of
  Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forvandle, forklare

Nederlands (Dutch)
een andere gedaante geven, verheerlijken

Français (French)
v. tr. - transfigurer

Deutsch (German)
v. - umgestalten, verklären

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταμορφώνω

Italiano (Italian)
trasfigurare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - transfigurar, glorificar, elevar

Русский (Russian)
видоизменять, преобразовывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - transformar, transfigurar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förändra, förvandla, förklara (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使变形, 理想化, 美化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使變形, 理想化, 美化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 변형하다, 변모 시키다, 거룩하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 変形する, 神々しい姿に変える, 美化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغير ألمظهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שינה צורה, הלביש ארשת-הוד, עלה‬

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